As disappointing as the Republicans’ midterm performance was, this year’s election had many silver linings beyond the Democrats’ loss of the House of Representatives. Among the most important winners on Nov. 8 was school choice, a nonpartisan issue that is really about educational quality.

The victories were big, and they were also widely distributed. Tommy Schultz boasted that his organization, the American Federation for Children, had targeted and defeated around 40 incumbent state legislators who opposed school choice. It was a good investment of the group’s $9 million.
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